Re: [XFree86] IBM z/OS xterm and bash-prompt title changing ???
On Wednesday, May 28, 2003 9:50 pm, Bovy, Stephen J wrote:
I am having great fun with xterm on IBM z/OS
but I can't seem to get bash prompt title changing
to work.
Here is my prompt string:
if$TERM == cygwin || $TERM == xterm || \
$TERM == vt102 || $TERM == vt100 ; then
export PS1=\[\e]0;\h \@ [\W]\a\e[34;42m\][\w]\[\e[0m\]\n\$
This string works fine for me in konsole and xterm. Have you tried with
several different terminals?
Also, have you verified that the PS1= line ever executes? It looks to me like
you forgot to use [ (or test):
if [ $TERM == ... ]; then ...; fi
You also don't appear to have a matching fi.
One way to check is to directly type (or paste) the PS1= line at the prompt.
Another way: put a debugging echo statement in your if.
For the record, here's my prompt code. :^)
export
PS1='\[\e[1;[EMAIL PROTECTED]|\[\e[34m\]\w\[\e[30m\]]\[\e[35m\]\$\[\e[0m\]
'
(all one line, with one space preceding the final ')
This prompt I always want. Then below, I make the check and if using a
supported xterm, append to the PS1.
case ${TERM} in wterm*|xterm*) export PS1=${PS1}'\[\e]0;ducks: \w\a' ;; esac
(using bash; otherwise change ${...} with $...)
I do a few other things in the case statement, like stty erase ^? to fix some
problems with wterm (which I use on computers where I don't have KDE).
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Re: [XFree86] IBM z/OS xterm and bash-prompt title changing ???
On Wednesday, May 28, 2003 10:59 pm, Marc Aurele La France wrote: On Wed, 28 May 2003, Bovy, Stephen J wrote: I am having great fun with xterm on IBM z/OS but I can't seem to get bash prompt title changing to work. Here is my prompt string: if$TERM == cygwin || $TERM == xterm || \ $TERM == vt102 || $TERM == vt100 ; then export PS1=\[\e]0;\h \@ [\W]\a\e[34;42m\][\w]\[\e[0m\]\n\$ Do you have any suggestions, I don't know where to begin. Try apostrophes instead of quotes. From the bash man page: [When inside double quotes,] the backslash retains its special meaning only when followed by one of the following characters: $, `, , \, or newline. Therefore, the only \ that disappears is the one preceding the $. This is only a problem when running as root (euid 0)--\$ should expand to #. (I assume you're using bash because you list cygwin.) Hey, I didn't know vt100 and vt102 supported changing the window title... Are you sure that's really what you mean to do? -- Andy Goth | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://ioioio.net/ End communication. ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
